What is stock trading, "Buying" and "Selling" stocks and can I Make Money?
Buying and selling in stocks, sure for many it's a frightening experience, but it doesn't have to be that way. The important issue is for investors to do their due diligence or what we always refer to as “DD”. This means doing some research on the company you are interested in. Means reading their latest press releases, going to their website, and hopefully they have one, if not it could be a red flag, but not always. Also you could read their corporate financial filings. Another sometime overlooked aspect of finding a good company, and that we take for granted, is to look around in your own city. What businesses do you see that are always busy, and building more stores. I know in my area I always see Walgreens, CVS and Rite-aids going up. And sometimes right across the street from each other. Then you have your Wal-marts, Targets, Best Buys, etc. Is the parking lot full, when you go in, do you see big ticket items, like TV's, and do you see full shopping carts on your average day, or are customers buying everyday necessities, toilet paper, soap, food, etc. Then we come to the little unknown stocks, mostly penny stocks. These stocks can be dangerous to play with if you don't know what you are doing, and they can be just as rewarding. Again, the same rules should apply to the larger NASDAQ and Fortune 500 companies. Of course many penny stock players could just be playing a momentum swing, get in cheap and sell it higher. Isn't that what stock trading is all about no matter what level you're playing on? Ask Warren Buffet, or Bill Gates.
Fear: Fear is the biggest driving force to losing your investment, we buy a stock for $20 the next day it's down to $18, panic sets in, you're up all night. You decide to place a sell order in the middle of the night to execute the next day, you feel better now, and you can sleep for the night, and maybe you get out of bed after the market opens, you run to your computer to log in and you see your order was executed at $18 and you feel better, “I didn't lose much” you say. BUT, you still follow that stock, the “what ifs” start to kick in, and 3-4 days later it's $22 and then $25, then $30! And then do you feel lousy. This happens all the time. FEAR is the biggest factor to losing your money. If you trust a company and you did your homework, you're better off buying, and not looking at it for a few weeks. Micro-managing does no one good.
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Current stocks of interest - Have a look a at these penny stocks. Ironwood Gold, ticker IROG, website is ironwoodgold.com, American Petro-Hunter, ticker AAPH, website americanpetrohunterinc.com and Far East Wind Power Corp., ticker FEWP, website is www.fareastwind.com.
These three stocks trade around .30-$1 at the time of this article.
Other market news: The Dow is holding steady over 11,000 which is a good sign. The economy is giving mix signals for sure. But one thing is certain we
are not out of the woods yet. Stock analyst are bullish though and are predicting the stock market will continue on this slow steady trend up.
Key interest rates are being held steady with no sign the fed will be raising them back up again. Energy and Gold stocks still feel like a good bet for
investors.
Penny stock investors, don't forget to have a look at the 3 stocks we are watching right now -
American Petro-Hunter, ticker AAPH
Ironwood Gold, Ticker IROG
Far East Wind Power Corp. ticker FEWP
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